Diospyros virginiana L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part D), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 474-489 : 482

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Diospyros virginiana Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 1057. 1753.

"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 7702.

Lectotype (designated here by Reveal): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 1231.4 ( LINN; iso- UPS) .

Current name: Diospyros virginiana L. View in CoL ( Ebenaceae ).

Note: Briand (in Huntia 12: 71-89. 2005) provides a history of the American persimmon, and reproduces Linnaeus’ protologue (f. 4) and the cited Catesby plate (f. 5).